Every orchestral detail spoke too, from the spare, bony duet between claves and piano to the bee swarm punctuated by folk song.

The buzz of performance, in other words, except in his case it was always more like the cacophony of a bee swarm.

Sometimes a bee swarm will invade a rival hive, expelling its inhabitants, ripping the covers off the honeycomb cells and drinking up the honey.

When the elephants hit the rope, the bees swarm and the elephants retreat.

Bees swarm over the honeysuckle; a brook babbles under the bridge that leads to the door.